A gold and ebony personal seal of Napoleon with the Great Imperial Coat of Arms, taken from Napoleon's sedan on the evening of the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815, by Hubert-Joseph Fabry, Paris, 1804-1809
Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
in its case, marks: titre, garantie and maker's mark
Long. 10 cm ; Length 4 in.
(2)
attached is a letter in German, dated February 1830, partially legible, explaining that the seal is gold and that it was in Napoleon's sedan, signed by a member of the Gneisenau family.
Very probably Napoléon I (1769-1821)
Gebhard Lebrecht von Blücher (1742-1819), Field Marshal of the Prussian army, present at the Battle of Waterloo;
Perhaps Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852);
Private European collection.
P.-J. Chalençon, Napoléon, La Collection, Paris, 2019, ill. p. 186
La collection Pierre-Jean Chalençon - Napoléon : L’empereur sous la verrière du Grand Palais, Paris, 2018, catalogue for the 30th Biennale Paris, 8-16 September 2018, ill. p. 50-51
The Eagle Flying Across Europe: Napoleon Relics Exhibition, Fondation Napoléon / Musée provincial du Hubei / Musée de Nanjing / Musée de Liaoning / Musée de Tianjin, 29 August 2014 - 31 March 2015
La collection Pierre-Jean Chalençon - Napoléon : L’empereur sous la verrière du Grand Palais, 30th Biennale Paris, Grand Palais, 8-16 September 2018